Sheba Medical Center, the biggest hospital in Israel and the entire Middle East, has been ranked ninth in Newsweek’s annual list of the world’s best hospitals.
This is the fifth time that the hospital has been ranked in the top 10 by the American magazine in the six years since the current rankings were created.
The ranking is compiled by Newsweek in association with the German data-gathering platform Statista, and examined the performance of some 2,400 medical facilities in dozens of countries around the world.
The decision-making process included consultations with tens of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, analysis of R&D, treatment and innovation successes at each facility, and surveying patients on their level of satisfaction.
In its blurb about Sheba, Newsweek highlighted the Ramat Gan hospital’s emphasis on research and development with its ARC (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) Center for Digital Innovation and the role its artificial intelligence platform Aidoc played in treating the casualties of the massive October 7 terror attack by Hamas.
“This is an extraordinary expression of confidence by the international community in the medical system in Israel,” Sheba Medical Center chief Prof. Yitshak Kreiss said, according to the Jerusalem Post.
“I dedicate this achievement to the entire Israeli health system, whose strengths stood out even more during the test of war. This achievement is further evidence of the resilience of the health system, which continues to be as always an anchor for the State of Israel,” Kreiss said.
Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital also made the top 100, ranking at #64. The best hospital in the world, according to Newsweek, is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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